Buffalopterus
Temporal range: Silurian
Fossils
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: †Eurypterida
Superfamily: †Dolichopteroidea
Family: †Strobilopteridae
Genus: †Buffalopterus
Kjellesvig-Waering & Heubusch, 1962
Type species
†Buffalopterus pustulosus
Kjellesvig-Waering & Heubusch, 1962
Synonyms
  • Eurypterus giganteus Pohlman, 1882
  • Pterygotus globicaudatus Pohlman, 1882

Buffalopterus is a prehistoric eurypterid from the Silurian-aged Bertie Formation of New York and Ontario. The genus contains one species, B. pustulosus. It is closely related to Strobilopterus, but differs primarily by having a bizarre, globular telson (which is otherwise sword-like or spine-like in other eurypterids), and in size, being estimated to be around 1 metre (3.3 ft),[1] although later study show size estimation of 30 centimetres (12 in).[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Some Eurypterida from the Ordovician and Silurian of New York Erik N. Kjellesvig-Waering and Carol A. Heubusch
  2. ^ Lamsdell, James C.; Braddy, Simon J. (2009). "Cope's rule and Romer's theory: patterns of diversity and gigantism in eurypterids and Palaeozoic vertebrates". Biology Letters. 6 (2): 265–269. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0700. ISSN 1744-9561. PMC 2865068. PMID 19828493. Supplemental material.


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Barusopterus

under the prosomal carapace at the sixth podomere. It was similar to Buffalopterus mainly differing in the intensity of the cuticular ornamentation and

Eurypterid

potential anal opening has been reported from the telson of a specimen of Buffalopterus, it is more likely that the anus was opened through the thin cuticle

Wiedopterus

tergite is not as small), the Silurian Buffalopterus and the Silurian–Devonian Strobilopterus (though Buffalopterus and Strobilopterus have a wider carapace

List of eurypterid genera

Silurian Canada Uncertain affinities, probably synonym of Acutiramus. Buffalopterus Kjellesvig-Waering & Heubusch 1962 Valid Silurian United States Campylocephalus

Bertie Group

Member/Ellicott Creek Breccia Williamsville A. cummingsi Williamsville Buffalopterus B. pustulosus Williamsville Fiddlers Green Phelps Member/Ellicott Creek

Strobilopteridae

suborder Eurypterina. The family contains three genera, Barusopterus, Buffalopterus and Strobilopterus. Strobilopterids were eurypterines with semicircular

List of the prehistoric life of New York

†Bolbocephalus †Bolboparia †Bolboporites †Botsfordia †Bowmania †Brachyopterus †Buffalopterus †Bumastus †Bumastus ioxus †Bunaia †Callixylon †Callixylon erianum †Calymene

Eusarcana

spiniferium occur together with a diverse fauna of eurypterids composed of Buffalopterus, Dolichopterus, Erettopterus, Eurypterus, Pterygotus and Acutiramus